{"id":2917,"date":"2018-12-28T23:59:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T07:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2018-12-28T22:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T06:23:27","slug":"r-day-minus-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=2917","title":{"rendered":"R-Day Minus 4: My Time Is Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dyeBRAAVqoE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><em>The\u00a0<strong>Poker Mutant\u00a0<\/strong>will be retiring (mostly) from poker\u00a0on 1 January. This is the latest installment in his thrilling countdown to the\u00a0<strong>End of Times<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No poker played today, but by the time the five or six people who see this read it, I&#8217;ll probably be in Las Vegas for the last big tournament of the year in the western United States: the\u00a0<strong>Venetian Deepstacks Extravaganza V Event #14 $260K GTD NLHE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday is the third entry day for the $400 buyin event, there have been more than 600 entries so far, so it should go well over the guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>That said, with just over $92K to go before my goal of $100K before the end of the year, I&#8217;d need to\u00a0<em>win<\/em> a tournament with close to a $500K prize pool this weekend, which would mean another 800 or so entries on Saturday. It could happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Closing in on 600 total entries in our DeepStack Extravaganza (NYE) Event #14 $400 NLH MonsterStack with registration open today on Day 1B until 6:55pm. Day 1C tomorrow at 12:10pm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenetianPoker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VenetianPoker<\/a> is going to be huge. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MZiyRdkWl6\">pic.twitter.com\/MZiyRdkWl6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tommy LaRosa (@VenetianTD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VenetianTD\/status\/1078796764189143040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Either way, my time is coming.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping to see\u00a0<strong>Kao Saechao<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Steve Roselius<\/strong> down in Las Vegas! Happy birthday to\u00a0<strong>Molly Anne Mossey<\/strong> and good luck to\u00a0<strong>Jackie Burkhart<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Kevin Mathers<\/strong>, and all the lucky folks heading to\u00a0<strong>the Bahamas<\/strong> for the world&#8217;s largest\u00a0<strong>$25K\u00a0<\/strong>buyin at the\u00a0<strong>PokerStars Players Championship<\/strong>! Safe driving to\u00a0<strong>Carlos Welch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just realized that I\u2019m probably gonna be trapped in El Paso tomorrow due to snow. Thinking about making a run for it tonight and going to Tucson instead of Phoenix tomorrow, but I can\u2019t find a radar map worth a shit to help me figure out the best path. Damn winter man.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Carlos Welch (@HipHop101Trivia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HipHop101Trivia\/status\/1078823080540209152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Poker Mutant\u00a0will be retiring (mostly) from poker\u00a0on 1 January. This is the latest installment in his thrilling countdown to the\u00a0End of Times. 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